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H. E. SCHULTZ, JR. & F. WETTEROTH.

UMBRELLA. APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1913.

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Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed May 3, 1913. Serial No. 765,272.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN E. Sorrun'rz, Jr, and FRANK Wnrrunorrr, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an umbrella frame, and more particularly to a notch ring and the means for holding the notch ring. Also, to means for preventing the supporting central stem or staff of the umbrella from rotating independently of the notch ring.

The main object of the invention is to provide a very firm and substantial umbrella structure.

Other objects and advantages, as well as the novel details of construction, will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation, partly in section, showing a fragment of an umbrella frame embodying the features of our invention. Fig. 11 is a section taken approximately on the line 11-11, Fig. I. Fig. 111 is a section taken on the line III-111, Fig. I. Fig. IV is a perspective view of the lower portion of the supporting central stem or staff. Fig. V is a perspective view of the ring carrying member forming the upper part of the lower notch ring. Fig. V1 is a perspective view of the guide member forming the lower part of the lower notch ring. Fig. VII is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the upper portion of the supporting head to which the lower notch ring is secured.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates ribs pivoted to the upper notch ring 2, and 3 is a supporting central stem or stafi" secured to said upper notch ring.

A designates a right angle supporting head secured to a laterally extending standard arm 4:, and B is the lower notch ring secured to the upper end of the head A. 5 is a latch member secured to the supporting central stem or stafl' to hold the umbrella in its open position, as shown in Fig. I. When the umbrella is open, a shoulder 6 on the supporting central stem is seated on the upper end of the supporting head A, which provides an inner shoulder 7 and depending lugs 8 carried by the supporting central stem 3 are seated in vertical notches 9 in the upper end of the supporting head A. The supporting central stem 3 is therefore interlocked with and prevented from turning by the supporting head A.

The lower notch ring comprises a pivot ring 10 to which the braces or stretchers 11 are pivoted, a ring carrying member 12 provided with peripheral notches 13 to receive the braces or stretchers 11 and also having flexible peripheral tongues 1A formed by the peripheral notches, bent partially around the pivot ring 10. The upper part of the lower notch ring, composed of the pivot ring 10 and the ring carrying member 12, is seated in a guide member 15 having an annular depression 15 to receive the ends of the braces or stretchers 11, and also having tongues 16 for guiding the braces or stretchers 11. The guide member 15 is formed with flexible extensions 17 on some of its tongues 16 adapted to be bent onto the tongues of the ring carrying member.

The ring carrying member 12 and the guide member 15 are each provided with a circular opening 18 conforming to the shape of the surmounting circular portion or upwardly extending flange 19 of the supporting head A, (Fig. VII). The laterally extending lug 20 on the supporting head is closely fitted to the walls of the notches or recesses 21 in the members 12 and 15, and the guide member 15 is seated on an outer shoulder 22 formed by an outwardly projecting horizontal flange near the upper end of the supporting head A. lVhen the lower notch ring members are assembled onto the supporting head A, these parts are positioned through the medium of the lug 20 and the notches or recesses, (Fig. VII), and the upper end of the supporting head A is bent onto the ring carrying member 12, (Fig. I).

It will now be understood that our umbrella frame is very firmly held in position, for the reason that the supporting central stem is interlocked with the supporting head A, (see lugs 8), the lower notch ring is interlocked with and securely attached to the supporting head A, and the braces or stretchers 11 are held between the rigid guide tongues 16 on the guide member 15.

We claim 1. An umbrella comprising a supporting head formed with vertical notches in its upper end, with an outwardly projecting horizontal flange for supporting a lower notch ring and with an upwardly extending flange surmounting the horizontal flange of the supporting head around which the lower notch ring is seated, a supporting central stem or stafl, seating on the supporting head within the upwardly extending flange and formed with depending lugs fitting-in the vertical notches of the supporting head, and means for securing the stem or staff to the supporting head.

2. An umbrella comprising a supporting head formed with an outwardly projecting horizontal flange, with an upwardly extending flange and with a laterally outwardly extending lug surmounting the horizontal flange of the supporting head, and a lower Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0."

notch ring seating on the horizontal flange of the supporting head, consistingof a lower guide member formed with an annular depression, with peripheral tongues, with flexible extensions on some of its tongues and with a central opening for the upwardly extending flange anda recess for the lug, and a ring carrying member seated in the guide member formed with peripheral notches, with flexible peripheral tongues, and with a central opening for the upwardlyprojecting pivot ring around which the flexible tongues are bent; the upwardly extending flange being bent outwardly over the inner edges of the guide and ring carrying members.

HERMAN E. SCHULTZ, JR. 7 FRANK WVETTEROTH. In the presence of A. J. MGCAULEY, E. B. LINN.

"Commissioner of Patents,

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